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AJ Tracey
Putting the West London grime scene on the map with his sharp, confident lyrics,
AJ Tracey was credited with breathing new life into UK hip-hop and leading a new
generation of underground MCs, all before landing his first crossover hit,
"Butterflies," in 2018.
Born as "Che Wolton Grant" in Brixton on March 4, 1994, he grew up on a
working-class estate in Ladbroke Grove, London, raised by a Welsh mother who was
a jungle and drum & bass DJ on pirate radio in the 1990s and a Trinidadian
father who previously performed as a rapper. He started making up his own rhymes
when he was...
